Sectional boiler



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H. H. TAYLOR. SEGTIONAL BOILER.

No. 606,313. Patented June 28,1898.

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H, H. TAYLOR. SEUTIONAL BOILER.

No. 606,313. Patented June 28, 1898 ill-Ill I HOTD-LITHO.,WASHINGTON n c 'llnrrnn- Frames Parent @rnrea HARRISON H. TAYLOR, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSI GNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE THRALL, OF GROSSE ISLE, MICHIGAN.

SECTION/AL BOILER,

. SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent n 606,313, dated an as, 1898.

Application filed Octobe 9, 1897, slin n 664,666. (NoinOtlelrl T) all whom it may concern/.2

appertains to make and use the same,.r'eference being had to the aceompanyin g drawings,

which form a part of this specification.

superior utility.

Among other features my invention aims;

to do away with large piping and malleables in the downflow-pipes, water-legs, or. large manifolds to supply water to the uptakes and to provide a boiler of this class which may readily be erected and repaired and whereby increased efficiency may be secured.

My invention consists of the'construction, T co1nbination,and arrangement ofdeviceshere' inafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- 1 Figure 1 is a front elevation of a sectional boiler embodying my invention, the inclosing} ease having its front removed. fFig. 2 is a longitudinal section. on the line 2 2,'Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail .view. of one of. theuptakepipes. Fig. at is a" longitudinalve'rtical section through onefof. the upper manifolds. Fig. 5 is a similar view through one of the lower manifolds. Fig. 6 is a detailview of one of the couplings. Fig. 7 is a detail view of one of the pipes connecting the lower manifolds with the supply-pipe.

Fig. 9 is a partial side elevation, .FigJlOis a detail view through a portion of one of the pipes O and its connection with the watersides thereof through said holes.

Fig. 8 is a vertical cross section through the steam dome.

through the lower side thereof.

tical tubes C. Thesetubes convey water from the dome down to the distributing-pipe B.

A isthe steam-pi peleadin g from the dome. 135 .is the water column, communicating, preferably, with the front leg of the distributing-pipe, the front: leg'extending downward,

as shown at B at the front of the boiler, and

providedwith'a valve, as shown at B.

B isgthe gage. 1 Blisth'e inflow-leg of the distributing-pipe, preferably located at. the rear of the boiler.

D is the grate; D, the co'mlnistion-cham- My inven t10n has for 1ts ob ect an improved sectional boiler of novel construction and of ceive acorresponding series of connectingpipes E and E, entering the dome on the two Theseholes extend at suitable intervals from end to end of the dome. j

F and F denote two series of lower manifolds, one series extending from each side of the distributing-pipe, as shown, at a down- 'ward incline,the manifolds of each series p referably located closely side by side and each manifold of each set. united to the distributing-pipe B by a connecting-nipple G, said nip "pleslGhaving right and left hand screw" threaded connections-with the corresponding manifold and withthe distributing-pipe, re-

ends,[as shown at 3, to engage corresponding threaded. orifices h in the upper manifolds Similar orifices 7t are formed also in the. upper side of the manifold, registering withthe orifices 7b. The lower ends of the pipes J are of the same diameter as the pipe and have a threaded engagement in orifices f of the lower manifolds.

It will be seenthat theupper'.manifold is constructed with ori [ices h audit of sufficient diameter to allow the lower ends of the pipes ICO J to be passed thercthrough, whereby the said pipes may readily be located and secured in place, the two ends being threaded into the corresponding upper and lower manifolds. The upper manifolds are provided with plugs 7L2, engaged in the upper side thereof to close the orifices h after the pipes J are in place. The outer extremities of the upper and lower manifolds are also provided with plugs 7L3, having a threaded engagement therewith, whereby the manifolds may readilyhe cleaned. The upper manifolds are connected with the pipes E and E, respectively, by series of pipes K, connecting-nipples K, intervening between the manifolds and the pipes K, unions or Ts K connecting the pipes K and nipples K. The pipes K are preferably arranged. in sets of two pipes each, each alternate set being raised above the adjacent sets of pipes to permit a ready engagement of the pipes with a wrench to engage the pipes in place. I prefer, also, to employ Y-shaped couplings (indicated at L) to unite two of the pipes K or a set of said pipes with a single pipe E or E, thereby diminishing the number of pipes entering the dome. The pipes K are set at an angle parallel with the manifolds. The pipes J and the pipes E and E 011 corresponding sides of the dome are also parallel, the pipes J on the two sides extending upward at divergent angles.

It is obvious that an upper and a corresponding lower manifold connected by the uptake-pipes J form a section connected to the distributing-pipe by the right and left threaded nipple G, while the section is connected to the unions K by the corresponding and similarly-constructed nipple K. It will be seen, therefore, that each section can readily be taken out if repairs are necessary by simply disconl'lecting the corresponding nipples G and K. Every section is thus independent of the other sections, so that each may contract and expand independently of the other. The sections may be removed either by making the top of the case D removable or by taking out the grate the sections may be taken out through the fire-door.

It will be obvious that the water entering the distributing-pipe B passes thence into the lower manifolds F and F and thence into the uptakes J. The location and arrangement of the sections in the combustion-chamber are such that the heat may pass about and around and between the uptakes and under and over the lower manifolds and about the steamdrum, as well as about the upper manifolds, and the pipes connecting the upper manifolds with the dome in a most effectual and therough manner.

The steam generated in the uptakes J passes into the dome, while any water in the pipes J willfall back into the base thereof and into the lower manifolds, the water being held therein. Vater of condensation in the steamdome will obviously flow down through the tubes ('3 into the distributing-pipe. The tubes J, connecting the top and bottom manifolds, are preferably steel tubes. All the threads in the top and bottom manifolds and on the tubes J are right-hand threads. The tubes, being smaller than the orifices h and h in the upper manifolds, may be readily passed therethrough, so that the threads on each end of said pipes or tubes may be screwed home at the same time by any suitable instrument, as an ordinary pipe-wrench. WVhen the individual sections have been thus put together, they are ready to be connected with the dome and with the water-distributing pipe in the manner above described. The lower manifolds, being connected closely together, form a solid crown-sheet over the fire by which the products of combustion are diverted and compelled to pass to either side of the sections, outward around the outer ends of the lower manifolds, then inward through the tubes J against and about the dome, thence upward through the pipes connecting the upper in anifolds with the dome, and thence up the smokestack D The upper manifolds are also placed close together, thereby preventing the products of combustion passing therethrough and forming a fine between the manifolds. The water-legs I3 and B form sedimentpockets and also support the boiler. They may be provided with any suitable fittings at the bottom for bolting down, as indicated at B". The casing may be constructed in any desired manner, preferably of sheet-steel and fire-felt, and may be bolted or secured to the upper manifolds in any suitable way.

I prefer 'to connect the pipes O with the water-distributing pipe, as illustrated more particularly in Fig. 10, employing a jam'nut 0 upon the pipes O,with an intervening packing-ring M, preferably made of soft metal. Vhen the nut is run forcibly down upon the packing-ring, the joint will be made steamtight. Below the adjacent ends of the pipes E E within the steam-dome I prefer also to locate a shield R, which may be secured intermediate its ends to the dome in any suitable manner, as by rivets at r, the shield extending downward in both directions a sufficient distance to direct the steam toward the lower portion of the dome, as shown more particularly in Fig. 8, the arrows showing the direction of the products of combustion.

The orifices in the pipe B to receive the nipples G are shown at G.

The steam-pipe A preferably ru us the whole length of the steam -dome therewithin, the same being shown broken off in Fig. 2 intermediate its ends in order to disclose other parts of the construction. The same is shown' in cross-section in Fig. 8 and is preferably provided with orifices (indicated at a) on the upper side thereof, suitably distributed for the entrance of steam thereinto.

What I claim as my invention is-- 1. I11 a boiler, the combination of a steamdome, a water-distributing pipe located therebencath and comm unieating therewith, and

a series of steam-generatin g sections on opposite sides thereof connected at the base with the water-distributing pipe, and at the top with the steanrdome, the sections on opposite sides of the dome and pipe diverging at their upper ends, substantially as set forth.

2. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdolne, awater-distribu ting pipe located under the longitudinal center of the dome, and a series of sections on opposite sides thcreof' each consisting of a lower manifold and an upper manifold united by vertical uptake-pipes, each of said lower manifolds outwardly and downwardly inclined from the water-distributin g pipe and connected therewith, and each of the upper manifolds similarly inclined and connected with the steam-dome, the outer extremities of said manifolds diverging on opposite sides of the dome and pipe, substantially as set forth.

3. In a boiler, the combination of a steam dome,a water-distributin g pipe,a seriesof ver: tical pipes connecting the distributing-pipe and dome, and a series of independent steam generating seetions on opposite sides thereof connected at the base with the distributingpipe, and at the upper end thereof connected with the steam-dome, each of said sections constructed with a lower and with an upper manifold, said manifolds connected by uptake-pipes, outwardly diverging on opposite sides of the dome, substantially as set forth.

4. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdome,a water-distributin g pipe parallel therewith and therebeneath, a series of pipes connectin g the distributing-pipe with the bottom of the dome, and boiler-sections outwardly diverging at their upper ends on opposite sides of the dome, said sections connected at their base with the distributing-pipe and at their upper ends with the dome, substantially as set forth.

5. In a boiler, the combination of an elongated steam-dome, an elongated distributingpipe extendinglongitudinally of the dome and therebeneath, a series of pipes connecting the distributing-pipe with the base of the dome, a series of lower manifolds extending ata downward and outward incline on each side the distributing-pipe and connected therewith, a series of upper manifolds on each side the dome parallel with the lower manifolds, and a series of uptakes connecting the upper and lower manifolds, said upper manifolds connected with the steam-dome, said uptakes on. opposite sides of the dome and pipe being outwardly diverging at their upper ends, substantially as set forth.

6. In a boiler, the combination of an elongated steam-dome, a water-distributing pipe underneath the dome and extending longitudinally therewith, a series of sections on opposite sides thereof constructed with upper and lower parallel manifolds connected by uptakes outwardly inclined at their upper ends on opposite sides of the dome and pipe, right and left hand threaded nipples connecting the lower manifolds separately into the distributing-pipe, a series of pipes parallel with said nipples connected into the steamdome, and a series of right and left hand thrlsaded nipples connecting the last-named pipes into the upper manifolds, substantially as set forth.

7. In a boiler, the combination of an elongated stcam-dome, an elongated water-dis tributing pipe, a series of connecting-pipes connecting the distributing-pipe with the base of the dome, a series of lower manifolds connected with the distributing-pipe, a series of upper manifolds connected into the steamdome, and a series of uptake-pipes connecting each of the lower manifolds with the corresponding upper manifolds, the upper ends of the uptake pipes having an enlarged threaded head, and the upper manifold constructed with openings to permit the passage of the lower end of the uptake-pipes there through to engage the lower manifold, substantially as set forth.

8. In a boiler, the combination of a steamd0me,a water-distributing pipe therebeneath a series of pipes connecting the distributingpipe with the dome, and a series of sectional steam-generators on opposite sides thereof communicating at their base with the distributing-pipe, and at their upper ends with the steam-dome, said sections outwardly diverging at their upper ends on opposite sides of the dome and pipe, substantially as set forth.

9. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdome, a supporting water-distributing pipe therebeneath and communicating therewith, a series of lower manifolds communicating with the distributing-pipe and forming a crown-sheet above the grate, a series of upper manifolds, a series of pipes connecting the upper and lower manifolds, a series of pipes leading into the steam-dome, and connections uniting said latter pipes with the upper manifolds, substantially as set forth.

10. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdome, a water-distributing pipe connected therewith, lower manifolds onopposite sides thereof connected with the distributing-pipe, upper manifolds on opposite sides of the dome and pipe connected with the dome, and uptake-pipes connecting the manifolds, the upper manifold provided with plugs on the upper side for cleaning the uptakes, said uptakes diverging at their upper ends on opposite sides of the dome and pipe, substantially as and for the purpose described.

11. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdome, a water-distributing pipe connected therewith, lower manifolds on opposite sides thereof connected with the clistribiitingpipe, upper manifolds on opposite sides of the dome and pipe connected with the dome, and uptake-pipes connecting the manifolds, said uptakes diverging at their upper ends on opposite sides of the dome and pipe, saidma'nis folds provided with plugs at one end there- IIO of, substantially as and for the purpose described.

12. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdome, a water-distributing pipe connected therewith, lower manifolds on opposite sides thereof connected with the distributing-pipe, upper manifolds on opposite sides of the dome and pipe connected with the dome, and uptake-pipes connecting said manifolds, respectively, said uptakes diverging at their upper ends on opposite sides of the dome and pipe, and said lower manifolds assembled close together, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

13. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdome, a watendistributing pipe connected therewith, lower manifolds on opposite sides thereof connected with said pipe, upper manifolds on opposite sides of the dome and pipe connected with said dome, and uptake-pipes connecting said manifolds, the upper and lower manifolds,respectively,assembled close together forming a flue therebetween, said nptakes diverging at their upper ends on opposite sides of the dome and pipe, substantially as set forth.

14. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdome, a water-distributing pipe connected therewith, lower manifolds on opposite sides thereof connected with said pipe, upper manifolds on opposite sides of the dome and pipe connected with said dome, and uptake-pipes connecting said manifolds, said uptake-pipes diverging at their upper ends on opposite sides of the dome and pipe and constructed with right-hand threads at their extremities of less diameter at the bottom than at the top, Whereby said uptake-pipes may be simultaneously connected with the corresponding upper and lower manifolds, substantially as set forth.

15. In a boiler, the combination of a steamdome, a water-distributing pipe connected therewith, steamgenerating sections connected at their lower ends with said pipes, and additional pipes connecting the upper ends of said sections with the steam-dome, said dome provided with an interior shield beneath the adjacent ends of the last-mentioned pipes, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRISON II. TAYLOR.

Witnesses:

N. S. WRIGHT, W". L. OAsWELL. 

